Pumpkin Sauce For Pasta

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lb pumpkin pie filling, peeled seeded and diced (use one pumpkin about 1 3/4 lb.)
• 8 ounces strong vegetable stock
• 2 tablespoons parsley or 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 4 ounces single cream
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• pasta, freshly cooked,to serve

Recipe

• 1 gently fry the garlic and onion in the oil for 3 or 4 minutes.
• 2 do not allow them to burn.
• 3 add the pumpkin and vegetable stock and bring to the boil.
• 4 cover and simmer over a medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the pumpkin is tender.
• 5 break up the pumpkin by beating it with a wooden spoon, and stir in the parsley, cream, nutmeg and seasoning.
• 6 cook for a further minute and add a little of the pasta cooking water if the sauce is too thick.
• 7 pour over the pasta and serve immediately.